1977, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Film
Winner: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
(Milos Forman, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, USA, 1975)

Nominees:

• "All the President's Men" (Alan J. Pakula, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
• "Bugsy Malone" (Alan Parker, UK, 1976)
• "Taxi Driver" (Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, USA, 1976)

Best Actor
Winner: Jack Nicholson as Randle McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
(Milos Forman, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, USA, 1975)

Nominees:

• Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in "Taxi Driver" (Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, USA, 1976)
• Dustin Hoffman as Carl Bernstein "All the President's Men" (Alan J. Pakula, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman, USA, 1976) and Thomas Babington Levy in "Marathon Man" (John Schlesinger, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
• Walter Matthau as Morris Buttermaker in "The Bad News Bears" (Michael Ritchie, Bill Lancaster, USA, 1976) and as Willy Clark in "The Sunshine Boys" (Herbert Ross, Neil Simon, USA, 1975)

Best Actress
Winner: Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
(Milos Forman, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, USA, 1975)

Nominees:

• Lauren Bacall as Bond Rogers in "The Shootist" (Don Siegel, Glendon Swarthout, Miles Hood Swarthout, Scott Hale, USA, 1976)
• Liv Ullmann as Jenny Isaksson in "Ansikte mot ansikte" (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1976)
• Rita Moreno as Googie Gomez in "The Ritz" (Richard Lester, Terrence McNally, UK, 1976

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Brad Dourif as Billy Bibbit in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
(Milos Forman, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, USA, 1975)

Nominees:

• Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee in "All the President's Men" (Alan J. Pakula, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
• Martin Balsam as Howard Simons in "All the President's Men" (Alan J. Pakula, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
• Michael Hordern as King in "The Slipper and the Rose" (Bryan Forbes, Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman, UK, 1976)

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Jodie Foster as Tallulah in "Bugsy Malone"
(Alan Parker, UK, 1976) and as Iris in "Taxi Driver" (Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, USA, 1976)

Nominees:

• Annette Crosbie as Fairy Godmother in "The Slipper and the Rose" (Bryan Forbes, Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman, UK, 1976)
• Billie Whitelaw as Baylock in "The Omen" (Richard Donner, David Seltzer, UK/USA, 1976)
• Vivien Merchant as Ruth in "The Homecoming" (Peter Hall, Harold Pinter, UK/USA, 1973)

Best Direction
Winner: Miloš Forman with "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
(Milos Forman, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, USA, 1975)

Nominees:

• Alan J. Pakula with "All the President's Men" (Alan J. Pakula, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
• Alan Parker with "Bugsy Malone" (Alan Parker, UK, 1976)
• Martin Scorsese with "Taxi Driver" (Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, USA, 1976)

Best Screenplay
Winner: Alan Parker for "Bugsy Malone"
(Alan Parker, UK, 1976)

Nominees:

• William Goldman for "All the President's Men" (Alan J. Pakula, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
• Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (Milos Forman, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, USA, 1975)
• Neil Simon for "The Sunshine Boys" (Herbert Ross, Neil Simon, USA, 1975)

Best Cinematography
Winner: Russell Boyd "Picnic at Hanging Rock"
(Peter Weir, Joan Lindsay, Cliff Green, Australia, 1975)

Nominees:

• Gerry Fisher and Peter Allwork for "Aces High" (Jack Gold, Howard Barker, R.C. Sherriff, Cecil Lewis, UK/France, 1976)
• Gordon Willis for "All the President's Men" (Alan J. Pakula, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
• Haskell Wexler, Bill Butler and William A. Fraker for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (Milos Forman, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, USA, 1975)

Best Costume Design
Winner: Moidele Bickel for "Die Marquise von O..."
(Éric Rohmer, Heinrich von Kleist , West Germany / France, 1976)

Nominees:

• Monica Howe for "Bugsy Malone" (Alan Parker, UK, 1976)
• Judy Dorsman for "Picnic at Hanging Rock" (Peter Weir, Joan Lindsay, Cliff Green, Australia, 1975)
• Julie Harris for "The Slipper and the Rose" (Bryan Forbes, Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman, UK, 1976)

Best Film Editing
Winner: Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman and Sheldon Kahn for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
(Milos Forman, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, USA, 1975)

Nominees:

• Robert L. Wolfe for "All the President's Men" (Alan J. Pakula, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
• Jim Clark for "Marathon Man" (John Schlesinger, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
• Marcia Lucas, Tom Rolf and Melvin Shapiro for "Taxi Driver" (Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, USA, 1976)

Best Sound Track
Winner: Les Wiggins, Clive Winter, Ken Barker for "Bugsy Malone"
(Alan Parker, UK, 1976)

Nominees:

• Milton Burrow, Jim Webb, Les Fresholtz, Arthur Piantadosi and Dick Alexander for "All the President's Men" (Alan J. Pakula, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
• Mary McGlone, Robert Rutledge, Veronica Selver, Larry Jost and Mark Berger for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (Milos Forman, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, USA, 1975)
• Greg Bell and Dan Connelly for "Picnic at Hanging Rock" (Peter Weir, Joan Lindsay, Cliff Green, Australia, 1975)